Recaps

Huo Yuhao dominated the freshman assessment matches, defeating opponents with his clones and elemental techniques while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao watched in shock. After crushing a team using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, he left the arena victorious.

• Huo Yuhao arrived just in time for the assessment, rejected Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s help, and defeated two assault-type opponents with exploding Shadow Clones before their teammate surrendered.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao won four more matches over the following day, with Huo Yuhao relying on Shadow Clones and taijutsu.
• On the third day, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo combined their martial souls to form the Heavenly Net while Huang Chutian attacked Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao used Water Release to flood the arena and wash Huang Chutian out, then used Wind Release to sever the sisters’ hair anchors and blow them off the arena.
• The referee declared Team Huo Yuhao the winner as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stared in astonishment.

After Huo Yuhao demonstrated his water-element control, Yan Shaozhe recruited him to treat Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire. Huo Yuhao sealed it with a Five Elements Seal and secured a promise of five top-grade pills each month, leaving Yan Shaozhe determined to outbid the Soul Guidance Department for his loyalty.

• Yan Shaozhe invited Huo Yuhao to his office after seeing his water-element abilities and offered resources if he could help Ma Xiaotao.
• Huo Yuhao found Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire too powerful to suppress with water alone, but proposed sealing it with a five-element technique.
• Huo Yuhao used the Five Elements Seal to lock Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire away, and she confirmed that its destructive urge had vanished.
• Huo Yuhao warned that the seal would need monthly reinforcement and ongoing resources, then told Yan Shaozhe that Fan Yu had claimed the Soul Guidance Department invested more.
• Yan Shaozhe promised Huo Yuhao five top-grade pills every month to reinforce the seal, and Huo Yuhao agreed to accept the offer.

Huo Yuhao sent a Wood Clone to keep fighting in the freshman assessment while his original body trained and refined pills. On the third day, the clone faced Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian, and had already caught Nanmen Yun'er in an Earth Release technique as the battle continued.

• Huo Yuhao formed a Wood Clone and sent it to the competition grounds while his original body went to train.
• Over two days, the clone defeated its opponents in the freshman assessment, alarming observers with its colder manner.
• The clone faced Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian, whose Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda strengthened Wu Feng.
• Wu Feng attacked with Dragon's Fire, but the clone's Great Fireball Technique pushed her flames back.
• Nanmen Yun'er tried to flank the clone, but it used Summoning Jutsu and Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique to trap her in the arena.

Huo Yuhao’s Wood Clone defeated Wu Feng and Ning Tian with a Wind-Fire attack, prompting Yan Shaozhe to dismiss Wu Feng’s cheating complaint after realizing the clone’s strength. While cultivating, Huo Yuhao planned to punish Dai Huabin and studied a Wood Release technique designed to subdue powerful creatures.

• Huo Yuhao’s two clones combined Wind Release with a Great Fireball, blasting Wu Feng and Ning Tian out of the arena and securing his team’s victory.
• The clones turned into pieces of dead wood, leading Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to realize Huo Yuhao had competed through a clone while his real body stayed away.
• Wu Feng accused Huo Yuhao of breaking the rules, but Yan Shaozhe concealed his excitement about Huo Yuhao’s talent and said the academy would investigate.
• At his training grounds, Huo Yuhao refined the Foundation Strengthening Pill’s power to the level twenty limit and absorbed the memories of his Wood Clone’s battle.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to make Dai Huabin suffer and examined the Wood Release technique Kuan-an Entering the Marketplace with Helping Hands, which could restrain enormous creatures.

Huo Yuhao let Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao fight their opponents while he stood aside, then criticized them for taking too long after their victory. In the God Realm, Tang San expected Xiao Qi’s divine thought to help her form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Child of Destiny and warned the blue-eyed youth would lose everything.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yuhao ten jade bottles of Five Elements Cultivation Pills and urged him to let his teammates participate in the team assessment.
• Huo Yuhao planted his Tachi in the arena and challenged Xie HuanYue, Luo Tianba, and Luo Tianlong to defeat Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao before facing him.
• Wang Dong attacked from the air while Xiao Xiao slowed the opponents with her Sonic Delay Halos, and their team won after Xie HuanYue exhausted his Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao that their victory had taken too long, leaving them disappointed and prompting Wang Dong to resolve to prove their bond.
• Tang San calculated that Xiao Qi’s divine thought would help her form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Child of Destiny and declared that the blue-eyed youth would lose everything.

Huo Yuhao rejected Wang Dong’s proposal to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and entered the freshman finals determined to face Dai Huabin alone. After Huo Yuhao provoked Dai Huabin by insulting his dead mother, the furious opponent prepared to fight him.

• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao she suspected their martial souls could produce a fusion skill, but he rejected the idea and ordered her to leave.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on Tang San’s attempt to bind him to Wang Dong and resolved to resist it.
• Huo Yuhao’s team advanced to the freshman finals, where Dai Huabin eyed him as a stepping stone toward gaining his father’s favor and challenging Dai Yueheng.
• Wang Dong urged Huo Yuhao to join forces against Dai Huabin and the Hell White Tiger, but Huo Yuhao called their team rabble and said he could defeat them alone.
• Huo Yuhao taunted Dai Huabin about his dead mother, driving him into a rage, then opened both of his Three Tomoe Sharingan and vowed to defeat him.

Huo Yuhao turned Cui Yajie's Charm against her with a terrifying genjutsu, then countered Dai Huabin's enhanced attack with a fireball. He covered the fighting platform in dense mist, leaving Dai Huabin unable to see his opponents as hidden murderous intent gathered.

• Cui Yajie's Charm triggered Huo Yuhao's reflected genjutsu, trapping her in a scene from the Night of the Clan Massacre and leaving her mentally shattered.
• Zhu Lu recognized Cui Yajie's condition as mental backlash and warned Dai Huabin not to look into Huo Yuhao's eyes.
• Dai Huabin dismissed the warning, activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and fired his White Tiger Intense Light Wave at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao's Great Fireball Technique met and neutralized Dai Huabin's attack, while Huo Yuhao emerged unharmed from the blast.
• Huo Yuhao used the Hidden Mist Technique to envelop the platform, leaving Dai Huabin unable to see anyone and surrounded by unseen murderous intent.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Dai Huabin with four clones, shattered his pride, and let him reach Zhu Lu. The pair prepared to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Huo Yuhao stood by with an undisclosed plan.

• Huo Yuhao's four clones broke through Dai Huabin's White Tiger Protection Barrier and battered him into a crater.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his attackers were clones and taunted Dai Huabin, who resolved to reach Zhu Lu and use Hell White Tiger.
• Dai Huabin ran toward Zhu Lu as Huo Yuhao followed at a leisurely pace, mocking him for having no options left.
• Zhu Lu rushed to meet Dai Huabin, while Wang Dong warned Huo Yuhao to stop them from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao used the Body Flicker Technique to kick Dai Huabin toward Zhu Lu, then watched them embrace without attacking.

Huo Yuhao allowed Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to unleash their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then faced the beast alone after its roar knocked Xiao Xiao out of the arena. He and four Shadow Clones combined five elemental techniques into the Five Release: Great Barrage Technique and fired it at the Hell White Tiger.

• Huo Yuhao kicked Dai Huabin toward Zhu Lu, and the two fused into the Hell White Tiger.
• Qian Duoduo tried to recruit Huo Yuhao to the Soul Guidance Department while Yan Shaozhe refused to give him up.
• The Hell White Tiger's roar blasted Xiao Xiao out of the arena and left Wang Dong urging Huo Yuhao to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao ignored Wang Dong, summoned four Shadow Clones, and prepared five different elemental attacks.
• Huo Yuhao and his clones unleashed the Five Release: Great Barrage Technique at the Hell White Tiger.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger with his Five Release: Great Barrage, then sealed the fusion and humiliated Dai Huabin on the arena floor. Yan Shaozhe resolved to recruit Huo Yuhao, while Wang Dong wondered if she could ever catch up to him.

• Dai Huabin strengthened the Hell White Tiger’s attack, but Huo Yuhao combined his five energies and overwhelmed it with the Five Release: Great Barrage.
• Huo Yuhao used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the damaged Hell White Tiger and sealed it with Wood Release: Kuan-an Entering the Marketplace with Helping Hands.
• The Hell White Tiger dissolved, leaving Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu weakened; Huo Yuhao grabbed Dai Huabin by the head and forced him face-down onto the arena floor.
• Yan Shaozhe watched Huo Yuhao suppress the fusion and resolved to bring him into the Martial Soul Department.
• Wang Dong watched Huo Yuhao’s victory and felt powerless, wondering if she would ever catch up to him.

Huo Yuhao defeated and publicly humiliated Dai Huabin, then suppressed a surge of Indra Chakra before it could reveal a new power. As Dai Huabin vowed revenge with help from a hidden Soul Emperor, Xuan Zi decided Huo Yuhao was suited to become his secret disciple.

• Huo Yuhao pinned Dai Huabin beneath his foot, kicked him across the arena, and stopped only when the teachers intervened.
• Huo Yuhao sensed Indra Chakra feeding his ocular power, but suppressed it to keep his possible evolution hidden from Shrek's observers.
• Xuan Zi watched Huo Yuhao and resolved to take him from Mu En and raise him as a Root protecting Shrek from the shadows.
• Dai Huabin woke from his injuries and vowed to kill Huo Yuhao, planning to use a six-ring Soul Emperor hidden in Shrek City to assassinate him.

After winning the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan in the Kamui Dimension and discovered that his Indra Chakra had formed a powerful second Soul Ring. He gained Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi, leaving him eager to pursue vengeance with his new abilities.

• Yan Shaozhe announced Huo Yuhao's team as the freshman assessment champions and directly admitted Huo Yuhao as a core disciple with special treatment.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong invited Huo Yuhao to discuss cultivation and celebrate, but he dismissed them as deadweights and left.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Kamui Dimension and released the Indra Chakra he had suppressed since defeating Dai Huabin.
• His left eye evolved into Second Pillar's Mangekyō Sharingan, and his Soul Power surged to level 25.
• Huo Yuhao manifested a red hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring without killing a Spirit Beast and awakened Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi.
• Huo Yuhao tested the techniques, shaping Amaterasu's black flames into a sword and shield, and declared that his eyes showed the path of vengeance.

Huo Yuhao concealed his breakthrough and met Yan Shaozhe, who rewarded him with two ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones. When the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path reacted hungrily to one of them, Huo Yuhao realized it might be able to devour Spirit Bones and other elemental treasures.

• Huo Yuhao used Hashirama Cells to heal the damage from his Mangekyō Sharingan and recognized that repeated use could eventually make him blind.
• Huo Yuhao had Electrolux seal the signs of his breakthrough, hiding his self-condensed soul ring and presenting himself as a Level 20 Soul Master.
• Yan Shaozhe offered Huo Yuhao a Five Spirit Grass, but Huo Yuhao recognized it as the raw material for five Five Elements Cultivation Pills.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yuhao a ten-thousand-year Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger left arm bone and a ten-thousand-year Thunder Beast right leg bone as rewards approved by the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path reacted strongly to the Thunder Beast Spirit Bone, and Huo Yuhao secretly stored both bones while considering whether the statue could devour Spirit Bones.

Huo Yuhao devoured two Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones to strengthen his elemental Chakra, then overwhelmed Wang Dong with his Water Dragon Bullet Technique. As Shrek Academy’s holiday began, he left the city to start Tang Ya’s Akatsuki assessment, unaware that Soul Emperor-led assassins were tracking him.

• Huo Yuhao fed two Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, strengthening his water- and lightning-attribute Chakra without opening its second eye.
• Huo Yuhao trained his ninjutsu and Chidori techniques while increasing his weighted load to a thousand jin.
• Wang Dong challenged Huo Yuhao, but his forty-four-seal Water Dragon Bullet Technique swallowed her attack and sent her crashing into a tree.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek City alone at the start of the holiday to begin Tang Ya’s Akatsuki assessment.
• A group of black-robed soul masters confirmed Huo Yuhao’s identity and prepared to carry out the Young Master’s order to make him suffer.

Huo Yuhao was ambushed outside Shrek City by six assassins but used his White Zetsu form and new lightning techniques to kill four of them. The Soul Emperor leader and the Yellow Sand Soul King remained, preparing to attack him.

• Huo Yuhao detected six disguised assassins surrounding him and identified their ranks, including a Soul Emperor and a Soul King.
• The Yellow Sand Soul King bound Huo Yuhao with quicksand, but Huo Yuhao activated White Zetsu Possession and killed three charging Soul Ancestors with Chidori Current.
• The archer Soul Ancestor shot an arrow at Huo Yuhao, but Kamui let it pass through him.
• Huo Yuhao pierced the archer with Chidori Sharp Spear and exploded lightning spikes inside him, killing him.
• The Soul Emperor leader and Yellow Sand Soul King confronted Huo Yuhao, whose strength had shocked them.

Huo Yuhao defeated the Yellow Sand Elder and used Amaterasu to set the fleeing Chisen ablaze with inextinguishable black flames. Chisen struggled as the flames consumed him, while Huo Yuhao remained behind.

• Chisen and the Yellow Sand Elder attacked Huo Yuhao together, but Huo Yuhao passed through Chisen’s strike with Kamui.
• Huo Yuhao pierced the Yellow Sand Elder’s Sand Cube with Chidori Sharp Spear and killed him, studying his sand control in the process.
• Chisen realized he could not complete the mission and fled toward the forest, planning to report back to the White Tiger Family.
• Huo Yuhao awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu on Chisen’s back.
• Chisen tried to extinguish the black flames with his Soul Power and Blazing Body Protection, but the flames consumed his fire and began devouring him.

Huo Yuhao interrogated Chisen with Genjutsu and learned that Dai Huabin had ordered the assassination on behalf of the White Tiger Family. After discovering that he could feed Chisen’s fire-type Martial Soul origin to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Huo Yuhao resolved to develop the power and confront Dai Huabin.

• Huo Yuhao subdued Chisen’s Amaterasu burns and used Genjutsu to force him to reveal that Dai Huabin had sent White Tiger Family death warriors to kill him.
• Chisen identified Dai Hao as the White Tiger Family leader who had assigned the death warriors to protect Dai Huabin, and explained that the clan’s elders lived at its ancestral estate in Star Luo City.
• Huo Yuhao killed Chisen with Kagutsuchi, then sensed the flames resonating with Chisen’s Blazing Demon Tiger Martial Soul origin.
• Huo Yuhao used Kagutsuchi to draw out Chisen’s Martial Soul origin, which the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path devoured before Chisen turned to ash.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that the statue could gain energy from Martial Soul origins and considered obtaining the Tailed Beast Extraction Seal to extract origins of other elements.

After Huo Yuhao defeated the Yellow Sand Elder, Tang Ya revealed that her evolved Dark Blue Silver Tree could heal and restore Soul Power by transferring stored life force. Huo Yuhao began Tang Ya’s Akatsuki assessment by promising to take her to wipe out a clan, and she followed him, resolved to pursue revenge.

• The Yellow Sand Elder’s corpse turned to sand and attempted to ambush Huo Yuhao, but Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Tree drained its remaining life force.
• Tang Ya hurried to Huo Yuhao, checked that he was unharmed, and let him bite her arm to restore his strength with her life force.
• Tang Ya explained that her evolved martial soul let her store life force and transfer it to allies to heal them and restore Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao warned Tang Ya to keep her ability secret and never let anyone else bite her arm.
• Huo Yuhao put on a Fox Mask and announced that Tang Ya’s Akatsuki assessment had begun.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya he would take her to wipe out a clan, and she followed him with renewed resolve for revenge.

Huo Yuhao brought Tang Ya back to Heaven Dou City to investigate the destruction of the Tang Sect and prepare her revenge. After learning that Iron Blood Sect and other forces profited from the attack while Shrek Academy ignored warnings, they stood outside Iron Blood Sect, ready to begin their assault.

• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya the codename Zetsu and a black mask before they traveled to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Ya saw that the former Tang Sect grounds now belonged to Iron Blood Sect and struggled to contain her anger.
• Huo Yuhao used genjutsu to control wealthy merchants, taking their riches and searching their memories for information.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya that Blazing Fire Sect and Giant Strength Sect had shared in the Tang Sect's spoils, while Shrek Academy had ignored reports and a Shrek Inspectorate deacon had allegedly been bribed.
• Tang Ya nearly attacked tea drinkers who mocked the Tang Sect, but Huo Yuhao stopped her and urged her to focus on Iron Blood Sect.
• At night, Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya reached Iron Blood Sect's gates and prepared to launch their attack.

Tang Ya destroyed the Iron Blood Sect and avenged her parents with Huo Yuhao's help. As four nearby sect masters arrived to confront them, the battle threatened to continue.

• Tang Ya attacked the Iron Blood Sect, killed its guards, and used Forest Hell to overwhelm its disciples.
• Tang Ya killed Tie Tang and defeated two Soul King elders, but Tie Li nearly struck her down.
• Huo Yuhao restrained Tie Li with Nine Mask Svāhā and unleashed the Azure Dragon and White Tiger to wipe out the charging disciples.
• Tang Ya killed Tie Li, avenged her parents, and fell to her knees in grief.
• Four nearby sect masters arrived and threatened Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya.

After awakening Uzumaki Menma’s Madara Possession template, Huo Yuhao tested his new power against the Soul Emperors who arrived at the Iron Blood Sect’s ruins. He killed one attacker and moved to stop the remaining three as they fled.

• Huo Yuhao’s system awakened the Uzumaki Menma (Madara Possession) template and rewarded him with Spiraling Ring and Great Spiraling Ring.
• The Blazing Wing Elder charged Huo Yuhao, but Immortal Nandou and Immortal Beidou used Restrict to immobilize him.
• Huo Yuhao seized the Blazing Wing Elder, smashed him into the ground, and killed him with Spiraling Ring.
• The other three Soul Emperors panicked and tried to flee in different directions.
• Huo Yuhao declared that they would all stay and called out to Azure, White, Vermilion, Xuan, Void, south, and north.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya destroyed the Iron Blood Sect and the sects that had helped ruin the Tang Sect, then escaped as his final attack obliterated the eastern district. Heaven Dou's royal consecrators arrived too late and found only a massive crater.

• Huo Yuhao's formation trapped the attackers, and his Masked Beasts and Tang Ya killed the three Soul Emperors and their followers.
• Tang Ya condemned the Heaven Dou Empire for allowing the Tang Sect's destruction, then drained the remaining survivors with her Dark Blue Silver Tree.
• Huo Yuhao collected the sects' treasures and flew away with Tang Ya after recalling the Masked Beasts.
• Huo Yuhao dropped a Great Spiraling Ring into the sect grounds, destroying them and several nearby sects within his barrier.
• Heaven Dou's royal consecrators arrived after the barrier shattered, but Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya had vanished.

In Tianming City, Huo Yuhao made Tang Ya a core member of the Akatsuki organization and assigned her to establish its outpost in Rain Village. Tang Ya accepted her new role and the plan to build the Root Organization as Akatsuki’s covert force.

• Huo Yuhao discovered Rain Village, a remote territory at the junction of three nations, and chose it as the site for an Akatsuki outpost.
• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya a red-character ring and a red-cloud black robe, naming her a core member with the codename Black Tortoise.
• Tang Ya asked Huo Yuhao to treat her as an equal comrade, and he agreed to call her by her name.
• Tang Ya confirmed that she had applied to leave Shrek Academy and said she would devote herself to Akatsuki and the Root Organization.
• Huo Yuhao instructed Tang Ya to establish the Rain Village outpost and recruit wandering soul masters into the Root Organization’s scout and assassination forces.

Huo Yuhao sent Tang Ya to establish a base in Amegakure, then traveled to the Extreme North with Electrolux to capture the Two-Tails. He lured out the Ice Empress, whom he intended to make the second true Soul Spirit for Nine Mask Svāhā.

• Huo Yuhao escorted Tang Ya to Amegakure and left her to establish the base and recruit personnel.
• Tang Ya kissed Huo Yuhao, thanked him, and ran toward Amegakure; Huo Yuhao resumed his journey north, telling himself she was only a piece in his plan.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Grim Reaper Electrolux and asked for his help capturing the Two-Tails, a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Spirit Beast.
• Huo Yuhao used the Celestial Maiden's concealment ribbon and his Soul Beast Cloak to release the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin aura in the Extreme North's core region.
• The Ice Empress appeared in response, and Huo Yuhao recognized her as the target he intended to capture.

Huo Yuhao captured Ice Empress in the Far North with Electrolux’s and the Celestial Maiden’s help, then brought her into the Kamui Dimension. He demanded that she assist with a God-Making Project, but she refused, so he prepared to intimidate her.

• Ice Empress attacked Huo Yuhao after discovering Tian Meng’s aura within him, but Electrolux and the Celestial Maiden intervened to restrain her.
• Huo Yuhao used Kamui to pull Ice Empress into the vortex, then escaped the frozen plains before Snow Empress could arrive.
• In the Kamui Dimension, Huo Yuhao told the bound Ice Empress he needed her help with a God-Making Project.
• Ice Empress refused and threatened Huo Yuhao with Snow Empress’s retaliation, so Huo Yuhao used Golem Chains.